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Oakland, CA
Beatie Street Preschool and Kindergarten

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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neighborhood: Oakland Downtown / Lake Merritt ·  Telephone: (510) 835-0131

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
• Application &
  Admissions
• Kindergarten
  Placement&Tips

General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-	-		-	n/a
Storybook reading	-	-		-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-	-		-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-	-		-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-		-	-	Yes
Music	-	-		-	Yes
Visual arts	-	-		-	Yes
Physical activity	-		-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught					n/a

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Director's Comments

Heavily influenced by Montessori philosophy but eclectic approach is used.

Parents' Comments

Parent #1
This is a Montessori based school in philosophy. The head teacher actually teaches Montesssori classes at the college level so there is a huge base of understanding. However, she knows that children also need free play, dress-up and that this is a full-day program and children cannot focus all day long! There are circle times held during the day that all children attend. Most of the learning for the day is laid out at that time and children are encouraged to attend to tasks. Everyone participates in some activities and the teachers work with individuals and small groups. Again, this is preschool, so there should not be a huge push in academics. This age group needs to learn how to work together socially and emotionally. They do do a sound of the week, so phonics are introduced. Based upon this mode of learning, my 4-year old daughter is writing notes to me that are phonetically written. She feels very accomplished and some children are reading, as Kindergarten is part of this school as well. Each child is exposed to the curriculum and they learn at their own pace.

Parent #2
They are exposed to many things in circle and are always invited to do more in depth lessons.